the minimization of the cost function according to Eq. (3.133) leads to

T

2 9u(k) 2 9u(k)

T

"УA2 + aei + pfa 2-1 + pa,

i = 1

Since the data vector, z(k) = [u (k) sT (k)] T, used to estimate the predictive models parameters is common to all models (actually, the vector used is z(k – T) so the T-steps ahead predictor can use the last output available to perform the estimation and that is y(k)), there is only one RLS covariance matrix, P(k) common to all models. To obtain the parameters of the true covariance matrix, matrix P (k) should be multiplied by the variance of the prediction error of each model. Therefore,

a0i = Puuayi; a0pi = Pusayi; afa = Puua2; a^i = Pusali; ’

where the argument k is omitted for notation simplicity, which yields the control law

This appendix contains the numeric data for SMMAC control of the air heating fan laboratory plant, as described in Sect.4.3. The local models are described in Table E.1 and the local controllers, that match each of them, are described in Table E.2.

Table E.2 Local controllers for the different operating regions of the air heating fan plant Low temperature Medium temperature